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HLCP: Report of 37th session (April 2019, New York)28.06.2019

Conclusions of the Thirty-seventh Session of the High-Level Committee on Programmes (UN Headquarters, New York) - Issues discussed at the session: Future of Work; Artificial Intelligence - Capacity Development for Developing Countries; Future of Work; Future of Learning and Education; Sustainable Urban Development; Climate Change; Scoping Discussion on the theme “Towards a ‘thinking’ organization: contributing knowledge and promoting dialogue within the wider United Nations system”; Strategic Foresight; and Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The 31st session of the DT Network was hosted by the United Nations Secretariat (OICT) in New York between 23 and 24 October, 2018. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Atefeh Riazi (Chief Information Technology Officer, Assistant Secretary-General) and Mr. Jeffrey Modell (Chief Information Officer and Director, International Atomic Energy Agency). New Network members were welcomed from UNCTAD, UNICC and CTBTO. Many items on the Network’s agenda spoke to the challenges and opportunities in defining a strategic vision for the Network.

This report summarizes discussions held on: the state of the world; the common United Nations system position on drug policy; and fostering innovation in the United Nations system. The Board also heard a presentation on the United Nations system response to the recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and received a briefing on the United Nations system response to sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse. Finally, the Board endorsed the reports of the Board's Committees: HLCM (36th session) and HLCP (36th session).

Conclusions of the Thirty-firth Session of the High-Level Committee on Programmes (UN Headquarters, New York). Issues discussed at the session: UN Engagement on Frontier Technologies; Frontiers Issues, focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work, Future of Learning and Education, and Future of Food; Policy Dialogue with the Youth Envoy and the “Young UN”; and Summary of Information Items: Istanbul Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries.

The UNDG Chair, Ms. Helen Clark, opened the second UNDG meeting of the year by announcing that the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) had joined the UNDG as an observer, and welcoming Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs. The UNDG Chair expressed her appreciation for the ongoing support DPA had been providing to Resident Co-ordinators, including through their support peace and development advisers in RC offices. In view of RCs working in increasingly complex political and development settings, Mr. Feltman underlined the need for the entire system to support them and expressed DPA’s commitment to do its part within the UNDG.

The UNDG welcomed the following UN entities as new UNDG observers: UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), UN Volunteers (UNV), International Trade Centre (ITC), and the UN research and training institutes: UN University (UNU), UN System Staff College (UNSSC), UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).

The UNDG Chair, Ms. Helen Clark, opened the first UNDG meeting of the year by introducing Mr. Amir Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director of WFP, in his new role as UNDG Vice-Chair as of 1 February 2016. Issues discussed were 2016 ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment and Second Phase of the ECOSOC Dialogue on the Longer-term Positioning of the UNDS, Briefing on recent and ongoing work of the ASG Advisory Group, UNDG key messages for a strategic 2016 QCPR, Theory of Change for the UNDS to function as a system for relevance, strategic positioning and results, Universality and the 2030 Agenda, UNDG conflict and development analysis tool, 2016 UNDG work plan, AOB.

The UNDG Chair, Ms. Helen Clark, opened the second UNDG meeting of 2016 by noting that the midpoint of the year presented a timely opportunity for the UNDG to reflect on the results achieved to date and to determine the priorities for the second half of the year. The UNDG Chair noted that the UNDG had been pursuing two overarching priorities - supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and driving system-wide reform through implementation of the 2012 QCPR and by working with Member States in the context of the ECOSOC Dialogue on the preparations for the 2016 QCPR and the longer-term positioning of the UN development system.

The UNDG Chair, Helen Clark, opened the third UNDG meeting of 2016 by extending a special welcome to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a new member of the UNDG. Issues discussed were Briefing on mid-term status of UNDG work plan, Summary presentation of 2015 UNDG Results Report, Preparations for the 2016 QCPR, Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development, UN Business Operations Strategy (BOS) Guidance, UN Leadership Model, AOB.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees: HLCM, HLCP and UNDG, and issues of system-wide concern: Pathways towards a sustainable, low-carbon and resilient future: United Nations system climate action and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

HLCP: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development - A Shared UN Framework for Action06.01.2017

Rising inequalities across the world have become a defining challenge of our time. Gross inequalities both within and among countries are putting sustainable development at risk, stirring social unrest, undermining social progress, threatening economic and political stability, and undercutting human rights. As such, they threaten all pillars of the UN System’s work, from development to human rights to peace and security.

Conclusions of the Thirty-Second Session of the High Level Committee on Programmes (UN Headquarters, New York, 29 and 30 September 2016) Issues discussed at the session: Risk, Prevention, and Resilience; UN System Leadership Model in the Post-2015 Era; Cross-Pillar Linkages and the 2030 Agenda; Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development; Follow-up to the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants; and Summary of information Items: Istanbul Programme of Actions for the LDCs; and Reports of UN-Water, UN-Energy, UN-Oceans.

HLCM: Report of the 23rd Session of the Inter-agency Security Management Network Meeting10.08.2016

The 23rd Session of the Inter-Agency Security Management Network (IASMN) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 2 to 4 February 2016. 54 United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) members participated in the session. Representatives from the Office of the Legal Adviser (OLA), the UN Medical Directors Working Group, and the Secretariat of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) and the three staff associations were also present at this meeting, as observers.

The UNDG Chair, Ms. Helen Clark, opened the second UNDG meeting of 2016 by noting that the midpoint of the year presented a timely opportunity for the UNDG to reflect on the results achieved to date and to determine the priorities for the second half of the year. Issues discussed were “The UN We Want for the SDGs” - UNDG Proposals for the 2016 QCPR and the ECOSOC Dialogue on the Longer-term Positioning of the UNDS, UNDG position paper: The Role of UN Business Operations for Enhanced Programme Delivery under the SDGs, Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs) Plan of Action for Headquarters 2016-2017, UNDG Logo Usage Policy.

The UNDG Chair, Ms. Helen Clark, opened the first UNDG meeting of the year by highlighting that 2015 would be a huge opportunity to advance the global sustainable development agenda by finding synergies across the big global processes and outcomes around the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, the Third Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, the Special Summit on Sustainable Development in New York, and the Climate Change COP21 in Paris.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees: HLCM, HLCP and UNDG; Briefings on UN-Water, Open consultation process on overall review of the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society outcomes (WSIS+10), and System-wide action plan for ensuring a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Issues of system-wide concern: Climate Change; and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .

Issues discussed at the session: Post-2015 development; Youth Employment; Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction; Twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Plat form for Action; Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and policies on Information; New United Nations urban agenda; Climate Change; Small Island Developing States and Summary of Information Items.

CEB: CEB Statement on the review of the common system compensation package by the ICSC (21 November 2013)23.02.2017

The CEB during its Second Regular Session Report (November 2013, New York) adopted the CEB statement on the ICSC review of the common system compensation package. Member organizations of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) reiterate their strong commitment and expectation to engage in a constructive dialogue with the International Civil Service Commission in the context of its review of the conditions of service for United Nations system staff.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM, HLCP, UNDG); Briefing by Mr. Michel Jarraud, Chair of UN-Water; Briefing by Kandeh Yumkella, Chair of UN-Energy; Discusssions on issues of system-wide concern: cybersecurity/cybercrime; Other Matters: Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.

Issues discussed at the session: UNDG review of RC system funding modalities; Update on the development of standard operating procedures for Delivering as One; Draft management response to the Independent Evaluation of Delivering as One.

Issues discussed at the session: Establishment of a dedicated mechanism on human rights mainstreaming; Package of UNDAF guidance and support; Addendum to 2nd Guidance Note on Country Reporting on the MDGs; Project proposals on Green UN Houses in the Delivering as One pilot countries.

Issues discussed at the session:Feedback from UNDG Advisory Group meeting; Feedback from UNDG members on implementation of the UNDG strategic priorities; issues and challenges for the UNDAF rollout in the regions; Issues and challenges on the implementation of the UNDG work plan; Results-based Management Handbook.

Issues discussed at the session: Outcome of the High Level Plenary Meeting on the MDGs and UNDG follow-up; Implementation of the UNDG strategic priorities and work plan for 2010-2011; Preparations for High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea in 2011.

Issues discussed at the session: Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability; Guidelines for Harmonized UN Procurement at the Country Level; Report on the implementation of the Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window; UNDG MDG Task Force.

Issues discussed at the session: Proposed UNDG Strategic Priorities for 2010-201; ICT guidelines and scale up plan for common ICT at country level; Deployment of Cost Savings from Operational Activities into Country Programmes; Guidance Note on Establishing Multi-Donor Trust Funds.

Issues discussed at the session: The UNDG Working Mechanism Conveners’ Retreat of 19 May, including key priorities for 2011; UNDG Working Mechanisms; Implementation of the UNDG strategic priorities by the Regional UNDG Teams for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia; MDTF study on operational effectiveness.

Issues discussed at the session: Preparations for the QCPR; Accelerating MDG achievement and preparations for Rio +20; Effective development cooperation: Follow-up to Montevideo and Busan, including the new deal for engagement in fragile states; UNDG Work Plan for 2010-2012.

Issues discussed at the session: Implementation of the UNDG strategic priorities - evidence; UN Development System performance on Aid Effectiveness; UNCT’s engagement in national policy dialogue; Mainstreaming of normative and rights-based agendas in UNDAFs.

Issues discussed at the session: Global economic crisis; Progress achieved by the UNDG; Implementation Plan for the Management and Accountability Framework; Operational Document for the Expanded ‘Delivering as One’ Funding Window.

Issues discussed at the session: Sustainable Development: Follow up to the Rio +20; United Nations system contribution to the post-2015 development agenda; The World at 7 Billion and Beyond; Climate Change; Cybersecurity and cybercrime; Quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR) and “Delivering as one”; High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.

The present report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCP, HLCM, UNDG); a discussion on The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels; Briefing by Mr. Michel Jarraud on UN-Water.

The final Summit outcome document provided a renewed global endorsement of the Millennium Development Goals, and built on the major international agreements of recent years to consolidate a practical plan of action. Crucially, leaders agreed that every country would adopt and implement comprehensive national development strategies to achieve the internationally agreed development goals and objectives, including the Millennium Development Goals by 2006.

HLCM: Report of the 14th Session of the Inter-Agency Security Management Network Meeting15.06.2016

The Inter-Agency Security Management Network (IASMN) met at UNICEF Headquarters in New York from 24 to 27 January 2011. A list of participants is attached at Annex A. The agenda and list of documents considered by IASMN members is attached at Annex B. This was the 14th session of the IASMN since its first meeting in Vienna in 2000.

This report provides an overview of major developments in inter-agency cooperation within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) covering the period 2011/12.

CEB: ACC statement of commitment for action to eradicate poverty (22 June 1998)15.06.2016

Executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations system reaffirm that poverty eradication – a main underlying theme of recent global conferences – is a key international commitment and a central objective of the United Nations system.

They commit themselves collectively to undertaking a renewed effort to coordinate policy approaches and give new impetus to ollaborative actions by the United Nations organizations and agencies in this crucial area.

Executive Heads of the organizations of the United Nations system reaffirm that poverty eradication - a main underlying theme of recent global conferences - is a key international commitment, and a central objective of the United Nations system. They commit themselves collectively to undertake a renewed effort to concert policy approaches and give new impetus to collaborative actions by the United Nations organizations and agencies in this crucial area.

CEB: ACC statement on Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of Agenda 21 (01 April 1997) 15.06.2016

Sustainable development remains one of the most important challenges facing humanity as it approaches the twenty-first century.

Yet there is growing concern that failure to accelerate economic growth and development in vast areas of the world, to resolve burning social problems, to correct unsustainable production and consumption patterns and increasing inequity, and to halt deterioration of the environment will irreversibly limit national capacities to respond to future challenges.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM, HLCP, UNDG); Discussion on Human Rights and Development; ILO report "Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization"; Independent study on the regional dimension of development and the United Nations sponsored by the regional commissions; World Exposition 2015: “Feeding the planet, energy for life”; Briefing by the Chair of the change management team.

Guidance on Consolidation; IPSAS and Budget implications; Off shoring of administrative functions; UNDGFB Network Coordination; Cost recovery policies; and Progress of work on Harmonization of Financial Regulations and Rules.

During the year, ACC devoted special attention to issues relating to African economic recovery and development and agreed to launch a System-wide Special Initiative on Africa.

ACC also agreed on ways and means of promoting a coherent and coordinated system-wide follow-up to recent international conferences, in particular at the country level. In the same context, ACC reviewed the arrangements being put in place to ensure effective inter-agency coordination in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.

The improvements I am seeking to introduce within the United Nations, at both the policy and management levels, must be an integral part of a broader, system-wide effort to adapt priorities and methods of work to a rapidly changing international environment.

During the past year, the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) has reinforced its capacity to address the main policy issues facing the international community, and to promote and organize joint initiatives towards common objectives

Part one of the report highlights the issue of reform, which was a major feature of the experience of many organizations of the United Nations system during the year and which has had significant implications for the work of ACC.

This report provides a broad overview of developments in the interactions among the organizations of the United Nations system. The scope of the report was extended to cover not only activities during 2003, but also the first CEB session of 2004.

This report covers: Discussions on African economic recovery and development; Coordinated follow-up to international conferences, including follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; Functioning of ACC: follow-up to the Secretary-General's letter of 27 March 1995; Administrative questions.

This report covers: Discussions on the Review of developments affecting international cooperation and development, and their implications for the United Nations system: strengthening and reform of the United Nations system; Follow-up within the United Nations system to ACC initiatives and decisions: Coordinated follow-up to international conferences and African economic recovery and development; Functioning of ACC and its subsidiary machinery; Administrative questions.

This report covers: Discussions on the relationships between the United Nations system and civil society, including the private sector: handling the global agenda with ; non-State actors; Integrated and coordinated follow-up to recent global conferences (Review of ad hoc inter-agency task forces; Preparations for the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the five-year review of the Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action; Universal access to basic communication and information services; Administrative questions: staff security.

This report covers: Discussion on Reform processes under way in the United Nations system; Causes of conflict and promotion of peace and sustainable development in Africa; Culture of peace; Staff security and safety; Meeting with the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission and staff representatives.

This report covers: Discussions on the demands placed on national and international systems by the new global environment; Follow-up to the Beijing Platform for Action and gender mainstreaming; Follow-up to recent ACC decisions (Coordination of United Nations system activities in Africa, HIV/AIDS, Follow-up to global conferences and the Economic and Social Council, Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace) ; Administrative Questions (Introduction of a second-tier appellate mechanism to enhance the administration of justice in the United Nations system, United Nations staff

This report covers: Discussions on the Demands placed on national and international systems by the new global environment; Health and other social implications of globalization; Financing for development; Least developed countries; Review of the Administrative Committee on Coordination; Briefings by members of the Administrative Committee on Coordination; Staff security and safety; Meeting with the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) and staff representatives; Follow-up to ACC decisions (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; HIV/AIDS).

This report covers: Discussions on System-wide support for Africa and the New African Initiative; Staff security and safety; Dialogue with the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission and staff representatives; Review of the Administrative Committee on Coordination; Briefing on the World Summit on the Information Society.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM and HLCP). Discussions on Programme issues (Follow-up to the Millennium Summit: “Preventing armed conflict”; Future role of the High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) in follow-up to the United Nations Millennium Declaration; Preparations for future discussions on financing for development and strategies for sustainable development) and Management issues (Staff security and safety; Reform of the pay and benefits system; Information and communication technologies; Dialogue with the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission and staff representatives; Secretary-General’s reform initiative).

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM and HLCP). Discussions on Programme issues (Follow-up to Monterrey: financing for development; HIV/AIDS and its linkages with food security and governance; Follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development) and Management issues (Staff security and safety; Dialogue with staff representatives and the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission).

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM and HLCP). Discussions on Programme issues (2005 review of the United Nations Millennium Declaration: the response of the United Nations system; Information technology: coordinating the policy advice provided to countries and strengthening knowledge management within the system) and Management issues (Staff security and safety; Follow-up to the report of the High-level Panel on the Strengthening of the International Civil Service; Dialogue with staff representatives and the Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission).

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM and HLCP). The Board also held a private meeting where the Secretary-General reviewed political developments with regard to Iraq following the constitutional referendum, the Middle East, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Latin America. The Board also discussed food security in Africa and natural disaster response, especially the importance of preparedness and capacity.

This report covers: Discussions on Programme issues (Evaluation process for the “one UN” pilot projects, Support to African development, Leading by example: a climate-neutral UN); on Management issues (Harmonization of UN system business practices); and on Other Matters (Advocacy campaign in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights). The Board issued a Statement on "Moving Towards a Climate-neutral UN" annexed to the present report.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM, HLCP, UNDG); Discussion on Climate Change and on Staff Security and Safety; Chairmanship of the High-level Committee on Programmes and the High-level Committee on Management.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM,HLCP,UNDG); Discussion on Staff Security and Safety; and, under Other Matters, Briefing on the CEB Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster and on UPU initiative “Addressing the world – An address for everyone”.

This report covers: the reports of the Board's committees (HLCM, HLCP, UNDG); Discussion on the newly established entity – UN Women; Chairmanship of the High-level Committee on Management and the High-level Committee on Programmes.

This report provides an overview of major developments in inter-agency cooperation within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), during the period covering its fall session 2007 and its spring session 2008.

This report provides an overview of major developments in inter-agency cooperation within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) during the period leading to and covering its fall session 2009 and its spring session 2010.

Review of the pay and benefits system; Standards of conduct for the international civil service; Base/floor salary scale; Evolution of the net remuneration margin; ICSC Programme Budget 2002-2003; Introduction of the Euro; Contractual arrangements; Survey of best prevailing conditions of employment at Rome, Geneva and New York (language teachers); Sustainable employability; Recruitment concerns; Staff/Management relations; Ad Hoc meeting on social policy issues in the UN system workplace; Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Meeting on Security; Task Force on UN staff and their dependants living with HIV/AI

Framework for Human Resources Management: (a) Review of the pay and benefits system; (b) Contractual arrangements; (c) Mobility; Evolution of the UN/US net remuneration margin; Base/floor salary scale; Review of the level of the education grant ;Hazard pay; Mission subsistence allowance; Paternity leave; Survey of best prevailing conditions of employment for the General Service and related categories in Geneva and Vienna; Exchange of views on issues to be considered by HLCM; Matters arising from the meeting of the Inter-agency Security Management Network; Information and communications tech

Framework for Human Resources Management; Review of the pay and benefits system: Validation and promulgation of the revised master standard; Strategy for rewarding contribution; Broad-banding/performance pay pilot study; Contractual arrangements; Base/floor salary scale; Review of the methodology for surveys of best prevailing conditions of employment at headquarters duty stations; Review of the methodology for surveys of best prevailing conditions of employment at non-headquarters duty stations; Administrative and budgetary matters: proposed programme and budget for the biennium 2004 -2005

Review of the pay and benefits system: Mobility/hardship allowance, hazard pay and strategic bonuses; Education grant: review of the methodology for determining the level of the grant; Implementation of the pilot study on broadbanding/reward for contribution; Progress report on the implementation of the new Master Standard for the job evaluation system relating to the Professional and higher categories; Contractual arrangements; Evolution of the United Nations/United States net remuneration margin; Base/floor salary scale; Review of the level of the education grant; Review of the Noblemaire

Review of the pay and benefits system: (a) Monitoring of the pilot study on broadbanding/reward for contribution; (b) Assessing the implementation of the new Job Evaluation Master Standard for the Professional and higher categories; (c) Mobility and hardship allowance, hazard pay and strategic bonuses; (d) Education grant: Review of the methodology for determining the level of the grant; Evolution of the United Nations/United States remuneration margin; Survey of best prevailing conditions of employment in Montreal; Considerations related to reviewing the Job Evaluation Standards for Genera

Review of the outcome of working groups: All leave entitlements; Survey and report on the status of National Professional Officers; Results of the UN/US grade equivalency studies; Summary of the UN/US margin methodology; Evolution of the UN/US net remuneration margin; Total compensation comparisons under the Noblemaire principle: total comparison - stage II (Belgium); Education grant: review of the methodology for determining the grant;

The system-wide implications for HR management of the recommendations included in the Report of the High-Level Panel contained in A/61/583; The development of the senior management network; The review of the administrative guidelines for an Influenza pandemic; draft JIU Report on the “Age Structure of Human Resources in the Organizations of the United Nations system”; Staff Management relations; Compensation and benefits: Review of the pay and benefits system: modernizing and simplifying allowances: Separation payments; Considerations related to reviewing the Job Evaluation Standards for th

Base/floor salary scale; Evolution of the United Nations/United States net remuneration margin; Mobility/hardship scheme: review of the operation of the revised scheme, review of the levels; children’s and secondary dependant’s allowances: review of the levels; Assessing the implementation of the Job Evaluation Master Standard for the Professional and higher categories; Progress report on the Senior Management Network; Education grant: (a) Review of the methodology for determining the grant; (b) Review of the level of the grant; Review of the gender balance in the United Nations common syst

Mandatory age of Separation; Standards of conduct for the international civil service; Review of separation payments; Update on staff survey; Considerations related to reviewing the Job Evaluation Standards for the General Service and related categories; Review of procedures for the classification of duty stations according to the conditions of life and work – A road map; Progress report on development of a Senior Management Network; Recommendations of the HLCM Steering Committee on Safety & Security of Staff – Outcomes of the three Working Groups; Updates from Working Groups on Appendi

Summary of the High-level Committee on Programmes retreat held at the Greentree Foundation in Manhasset, New York, from 19 to 21 July 2005. Informal discussion, Plenary talks and Breakout groups took place over the three days of the event.

Issues discussed included: UN system joint crisis initiative on the global financial and economic crisis; Climate change; The policy dimension of knowledge management and Second UN Decade for the Eradication of poverty (2008-2017)

The agenda of the session focused on: a vision for information and communication technologies (ICT); the security and safety of staff; the reform of the pay and benefits system, geographical balance; consultations with the staff representatives.

Issues discussed included: Dialogue with Representatives of FICSA and CCISUA; Security and Safety of Staff; Measures to improve system-wide mobility; Emergency preparedness and business continuity planning; Procurement; The impact on management and programme of the changing relationship between regular and voluntary funding; Issues brought forward from the networks.

Issues Discussed included: Dialogue with representatives of FICSA and CCISUUnited Nations system collaboration in regard to accountability and transparency, Security and safety of staff, Guidelines for a United Nations system contingency plan for an influenza pandemic, Information and communication technology, Financial and budgetary and Human resources management issues.

Issues discussed included: Dialogue with Representatives of FICSA and CCISUA; Cooperation with ICSC; Business Practices; Security and Safety of Staff; Institutional links between HLCM and UN/RIAS – Disclosure of Internal Audit Reports; HLCM Networks; UN Cares; UN Dual Career and Staff Mobility; Staff Management Leadership Development Programme; Jointly-financed Activities; Procedures and criteria for the preparation of agendas and submission of documents for consideration and discussion by the HLCM at its session.

Issues discussed included: Dialogue with FICSA, CCISUA and the United Nations International Civil Servants Federation; Security and safety of staff; Plan of Action for the Harmonization of Business Practices in the United Nations System; Programme of work of the UNDG on management issues; Enhancing collaboration between the HLCM and the JIU; Review of the senior management leadership programme; HLCM networks; Collaboration between the HLCM and the Representatives of Internal Audit Services of the UN-RIAS; Establishing a United Nations system-wide evaluation mechanism; Implementing enterpris

Issues discussed included: Dialogue with FICSA, CCISUA and UNISERV; Security and Safety of Staff; UN Reform on Contractual Arrangements; HLCM Plan of Action for the Harmonization of Business Practices; Mandatory Age of Separation; UN Leaders Programme; HLCM Networks; ICSC Surveys on Performance Management and Inter-Agency Mobility; Healthcare and its Management in the UN System.